They used to be called “dumb terminals” but of course nobody wanted a computer that was dumb. So the name was changed to “thin client.” Much nicer — after all, according to fashion you can never be too thin. However maybe they are too thin because the new name is “zero client.”
With zero-client computing, what’s old is new again. The whole idea is to move computing back to the data center and away from the desktop. A zero-client environment is often less expensive and easier to deploy.
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